ISBN: 9781334190964 - page's weekly, vol. 5: engineering, electricity, shipbuilding, mining, iron and steel industries; october 21, 1904 (classic reprint) (3 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the history of telecommunications from the early days of the telegraph to the complex and varied electronic systems of the present day. It examines the development of the telephone, the construction of undersea cables, the invention of wireless communication and the advent of computer-controlled digital communication. The author traces the technological advances against a background of social and political developments to show how the telegraph and telephone shaped 19th-century society and how the evolution of the internet has had a similar impact in recent times. The book is an authoritative and accessible account of a technology that continues to transform the way in which we communicate. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…